Thousands of customers are without power in Springfield, Missouri, on Monday amid a tornado watch and severe weather. The city is located in Greene County.
More than 5,000 City Utilities customers in Greene County are currently affected, according to PowerOutages.com.
Separately, 313 homes and businesses in Chariton County are also without electricity, impacting about 6.45% of the 4,855 customers tracked there.
Chariton County ranks 7th in Missouri for total outages and 4th for the highest percentage of customers affected across 115 counties.
Five utilities operate in the county. Evergy reports the highest number of outages, with 217 customers without power.
Howard Electric Cooperative has the highest outage rate, with 61.15% of its customers affected.
